Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 28, No. 1

Issue Highlights

  • A critical care nurse practitioner's prescribing using standing orders and authorised prescribing when performing a critical care outreach role: A clinical audit
    February 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 1-5)

    Alison M. Pirret

  • The lived experiences of adult intensive care patients who were conscious during mechanical ventilation: A phenomenological-hermeneutic study
    February 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 6-15)

    Veronika Karlsson, Ingegerd Bergbom, Anna Forsberg

  • Nurses’ perceptions of communication training in the ICU
    February 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 16-25)

    Jill V. Radtke, Judith A. Tate, Mary Beth Happ

  • When the family member is a nurse: The role and needs of nurse family members during critical illness of a loved one
    February 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 10-18)

    Susan W. Salmond

  • Relatives’ involvement in nursing care: A qualitative study describing critical care nurses’ experiences
    February 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 1-9)

    Birgitta Engström, Andreas Uusitalo, Åsa Engström

  • Exploring the validity of the bispectral index, the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool and vital signs for the detection of pain in sedated and mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: A pilot study
    February 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 46-52)

    Céline Gélinas, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Andréanne Tanguay, Patricia Bourgault

  • Visiting policies in the adult intensive care units: A complete survey of Dutch ICUs
    February 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 27-30)

    Afien E. Spreen, Marieke J. Schuurmans

  • Registered nurse and health care Chaplains experiences of providing the family support person role during family witnessed resuscitation
    February 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 19-26)

    Jayne James, Elita Cottle, Reverend Debbie Hodge

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The aims of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing are to promote excellence of care of critically ill patients by specialist nurses and their professional colleagues; to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and exchange of research findings, experience and ideas; to develop and enhance the knowledge, skills, attitudes and creative thinking essential to good critical care nursing practice. The journal publishes reviews, updates and feature articles in addition to original papers and significant preliminary communications. Articles may deal with any part of practice including relevant clinical, research, educational, psychological and technological aspects.